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Drummer WILLIAM TOM ABBOTT

Service Number: 12607
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VIII. W. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Abbott, of 77, Cumberland St., Westminster, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR EMPIRE FREEDOM HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MAY LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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